This week we are celebrating making it to double digits! With celebration in mind and all the holidays that are approaching, this week we are looking a some cool cooking tech resources.

Since food is best enjoyed with others, we wanted to highlight websites that promote eating as a community function. Here are some sites that are community oriented that allow users to upload and share their favorite recipes and some stunning blogs to whet your holiday appetite. We have also included some free, fun apps to help you choose and prepare delicious recipes.

Social media is a great way to share recipes as well. Add photos of your creation onto Facebook, or organize your favorite recipes into a Pinterest board for all to see.

I received an email late last week asking me what web software we use at our Make Lab Comics program, and I thought that I would take the opportunity to share my response with the blog. Going along with last week's 3-D sculpting, we are serving up the second part of a one-two punch of digital art projects.

Make Comics with your own digital photographs or drawings. More of a writer than an artist? Make comics using free web-based software stocked with pre-made backgrounds, characters, and props.

Welcome back to the blog for a bit of fun. This week we will be looking at some really cool free app's that allow you to create digital 3D models on your computer or iPad.

Computer-aided design (CAD) programs have been used since the 1980s for industrial design, automotive and ship building, movie special effects, and architectural design. The rapid evolution in home computers has brought about a rise in simple, hobbyist CAD programs. Today we will look at four free, fun, and simple to use programs. Be sure to check out the tutorial videos listed on each website to help you get started.

Trimble SketchUp Originally as a plugin to Google Earth, SketchUp has evolved into a full-range 3D modeling program created for simplicity.

Autodesk's 123D This desktop hobbyist CAD program is similar to SketchUp, but with more bells and whistles.

123D Sculpt Available on iPad, Sculpt allows you to sculpt digital clay into a 3D model.

123D Catch Available on desktop or iPad, this photo-based CAD program makes 3D models based on photos that you take of an object. You can easily export photos of your model from any angle. The image that you see above was created using iPad photos of the George D. Prentice sculpture located at the Main Library.